「海外製の鉄輸入せず」　ＵＳスチール従業員に約束―日鉄

　日本製鉄は１９日、買収を目指す米鉄鋼大手ＵＳスチールの従業員に宛てた声明を出し、海外で生産された鉄鋼は米国に輸入しないと約束した。日鉄の森高弘副会長名で、ＵＳスチールで働く全米鉄鋼労組（ＵＳＷ）の組合員に買収後も生産能力を縮小しないことをアピールした。
　ＵＳＷは１４日、「彼（森氏）の目標は取引を成立させることで、産業や仕事を守ることではない」などと表明。日鉄は事実と異なるとして、今回声明を出した。
　声明では、買収に反対するマッコールＵＳＷ会長との会談を求めており、返答を待っていると説明。森氏が今週、ペンシルベニア州ピッツバーグでＵＳＷ幹部やＵＳスチール従業員らと面会することも明らかにした。
　買収を即座に阻止すると主張していたトランプ前大統領の返り咲きが決まり、買収の行方が一段と不透明になる中、日鉄は組合側の懸念払拭に苦心している。（2024/11/19-12:02）

Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. on Tuesday pledged not to import steel produced abroad to the United States in a letter to workers of United States Steel Corp., which the Japanese steelmaker is seeking to acquire.
   The letter, written in the name of Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori, is apparently intended to appeal to U.S. Steel employees who are members of the United Steelworkers (USW) labor union that Nippon Steel would not reduce U.S. Steel's production capacity were it to acquire the company.
   The USW said in a statement released Thursday that Mori's goal "is to close the transaction, not preserve our industry or our jobs." Nippon Steel sent the letter in response, saying that the USW's claims are not true.
   In the letter, Nippon Steel said that it has requested a meeting with USW International President David McCall, who is opposed to the takeover, and is waiting for a reply from him. It said that Mori will meet with USW executives and U.S. Steel employees in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this week.
   Nippon Steel has made efforts to assuage the anxieties of the union side amid increasing uncertainties over whether it can save its bid for U.S. Steel after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election. Trump has said he will block the takeover.